Sunday, Jan 25th
Last update10:34:03 PM GMT
Environment Tritium hot zone expands
The Department of Health said late Monday there appears to be "a very large area" at the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor contaminated with radioactive tritium, and contamination levels continue to rise.
Because the area is so big, according to William Irwin, radiological health chief, there are many potential sources of radioactive water at this particularly high concentration of tritium.
TVNL Comment: Sure Obama, let's build more nuclear power plants! Let's risk ALL life on Earth!
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